but God hath chosen those who are foolish in the opinion of the world, to confound the wise; and the weak men of the world to confound the mighty:

that no man might glory before God;

that your faith might not be owing to human wisdom, but to the divine influence.

now the spirit which we have received, is not the spirit of this world, but that which comes from God; that we might know what he has graciously bestowed upon us.

You have already a sufficiency, you already abound, you live like princes in our absence: and would to God you did reign, that we too might have the advantage of your administration.

for tho' I am independent of all men, yet have I subjected myself to all, that I might gain the more.

to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain those who are under the law;

to those who are without the law, as without that law, (not as being under no law to God, but as under the law to Christ) that I might gain those who are without the law.

to the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: I became all things to all men, that I might save all sorts of men.

that there might be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same mutual concern for one another.